under the obama white house, basically codified the acts of george bush, the attacks of our privacy, the criminalization of the right to protest, the national defense authorization act in which the president has claimed the right to incarcerate us, basically, without charge or trial, and to do that at his pleasure without having to justify that in any way. yes, there are very serious problems. things are not working under democrats, and republicans alike. we need a government that is of, by, and for the people, not sponsored and working for big money. >> jim lehrer. >> that brings us to closing statements. governor romney, you elected to go last. >> i want to thank you and governor romney. i think this was a terrific debate. i appreciate it. i want to thank the university of denver. four years ago, we were going through a major crisis. and yet my faith and confidence in the american future is undiminished. and the reason is because of its people. the woman i met in north carolina decided at 55 to go back to school because she wanted to inspire her daughter and now has a job. because